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Welcome to Finger Food Friday and Cajun Egg Rolls with Sweet and Tangy Dipping Sauce!

Happy Friday!  I’m so excited today because I’m kicking off my very first recurring blog series:  Finger Food Fridays.  Through my weekly posts, I’ll be introducing you to all my favorite finger foods (which I refer to more affectionately as “picking foods”) and the TGIF liquid refreshments that accompany them.  These are my go-to comfort foods–recipes that reflect what I enjoy cooking, eating and serving to my family and friends at the end of a hectic week.  The spread is broad.  Great fun to make.  More fun to eat.  Mainly simple.  Occasionally ambitious.  Always interesting.  Best of all, each dish [ ... ]

Super Bowl Recipes 2011

Are you ready for some football?  I’m not.  Truth be told, I didn’t plan on doing a Super Bowl post or even watching the game this year.  I guess I’ve been trying to avoid the event altogether, because come Sunday our beloved Saints will no longer be the reigning Super Bowl champs.  I get the once a champion, always a champion thing.  But when you’re the reigning champs you get 12 months of extra attention.  And I’ve loved every minute of it–the post-game interviews, the victory parade, the Super Bowl ring ceremony, the extensive and glowing sports coverage, inspiring news articles, [ ... ]